Winter Solstice Cacao ceremony and Ecstatic Dance

Winter Solstice or Yuletide is the time of Stillness.A time when the Sun has reached it's most southerly rising. This has always been traditionally a time of year for festivals celebrated with song, stories and dance. All of which has been carried over into Christmas. Also, a time of renewal, release and rebirth.
We invite you a transformational cacao ceremony and Ecstatic dance.In celebration of the Winter Solstice, Tess John warmly invites you to a magical evening of ecstatic dance and cacao ceremony in Eastbourne beautiful and atmospheric Dancefloor.
On this special night, we will come together to celebrate the returning of the light.
Winter Solstice is such a potent time. It marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. This darkness is a deeply rich and fertile place. It is the warm nourishment of the earth, where all that has gone before is slowly being transformed and alchemized, preparing the ground for the new.Winter Solstice is the time to celebrate the beginning of a new outer growth cycle and the light that will return. It’s a time to receive inspiration and call in what you wish to grow in this new cycle. What seeds of new beginnings are you nurturing in the dark? In harmony with the rhythms of nature, let parts of your old self die and draw the new towards yourself. Dare to dream a new dream and dance towards it!
You are welcome to arrive from 7pm onwards, to have time to settle in. I lovingly create an exquisite and peaceful atmosphere to welcome you and relax you, delighting your senses with gentle music, candle light, and the finest Cacao from Guatemala. To begin our ceremony, we will come together in sacred circle for cacao. As we imbibe this beautiful heart-opening sacred plant medicine together, we will connect with our intentions for our dance. We will then embark on our ecstatic dance journey, with luscious melodies and deep grooves from around the world to inspire and uplift us. After our dance we will be bathed in soothing sounds, carrying us gently into deep rest. We will come back into circle for a grounding meditation to close. Afterwards we'll gather for social time, enjoying some refreshments and good company.7pm Doors open, arrive and settle.
7.15pm Opening circle, cacao ceremony & intention setting
7.45pm Ecstatic dance
9.15pm Relaxation, grounding meditation & closing circle
9.30pm Social Time with Tea and snacks
10.00 FinishAbout Eastbourne Ecstatic Dance:
Over the past 10 years Tess and Andy has been deeply immersed in ecstatic dance and 5Rhythms. Dancing has taken her on a transformative journey of healing, liberation, and spiritual awakening. Having discovered the profound power of dance, Tess was inspired to undertake an intensive 2 year-long training in shamanic ecstatic dance and Shakti Dance so that she could share this practice with others.
Andy provides drums and percussion for people to play.
Together they collaborate with careful curation of exquisite music, Tess and Andy creates events that are uplifting and life affirming, whilst also having real depth of soul and beauty.What to bring:
A water bottle and a blanket.
Dress in clothes that allow free movement and bring you joy. Layers are a good idea!
Yoga mats available however feel free to bring your ownTravel and Parking
Train station 10 minutes walk from venue
Lots of free car parking near by streets

Host or Publisher Tessa John